“This project is incompatible with the current version of Visual Studio”

Question

I was getting the below message from Visual Studio 2010.

\"This project is incompatible with the current version of Visual Studio\"

Answer 1

VS 2012 has different project type support based on what you install at setup time and which edition you have. Certain options are available, e.g. web development tools, database development tools, etc. So if you're trying to open a web project but the web development tools weren't installed, it complains with this message.

This can happen if you create the project on another machine and try to open it on a new one. I figured it out trying to open an MVC project after I accidentally uninstalled the web tools.